ANNOUNCEMENTS

Worship Service for August 3, 2025

 Service of Worship

Platt Springs United Methodist Church

West Columbia, SC

August 3, 2025 – 11 A.M.

8th Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements                           Marguerite Sterling                                                

August Birthdays

*Please stand as Audrey Collins brings in the light of Christ.                                                            

*Choral Introit       “Sing Alleluia to the Lord”                       Choir  

*Call to Worship                                                Marguerite Sterling

L. Children of God, we gather as people who have received new life in Jesus Christ.

P. We come to set our minds on Christ, who surrounds us in love.

L. The world tries to distract us with anxious rumors, worrisome lies, and misleading half-truths.

P. We come to set our minds on Christ, who surrounds us in love.

L. In this place, we gather to remind, remember, and renew our commitment to dwell in the love of Christ.

P. We come to set our minds on Christ, who surrounds us in love.

L. Children of God, come! Let us worship God, who clothes us in new life and renews us in grace.

P. Come, let us worship as we set our minds on Christ, who surrounds us in love.

*Hymn  “Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above    vs.1,2, & 4 UMH #126

Old Testament                Psalm 107: 1-9, vs. 43           Regina Lowell

Young Disciples                                                              Pastor Debbie

Pastoral Prayer  

Worshipping God with Our Tithes & Offering.

Offertory:     “As We Gather At Your Table”                            Choir                          

*Doxology        “ Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”  # 95          

*Gospel Reading          Luke 12:13-21  (CEB)              Pastor Debbie      

Sermon                   “Lessons from a Fool”                   Pastor Debbie

Communion           “Come Lord, Restore Us” -   Becky Cobbs, soloist      

Prayer after Communion                                     Pastor Debbie

At the communion table:

At your table, Giving God, we have been fed; our thirsty spirits have been quenched. We give you thanks for this taste of your kingdom meal when wolf and lamb will feed together and peace will reign on your holy mountain, in Jesus’ name. Amen.      

Acts 16:16–34          John 17:20–26

(Gluten free bread is available for Communion.)

(The Communion Rail offering goes to the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund.)

*Recessional Hymn   “All Who Love and Serve Your City”          UMH # 433   vs. 1,2, & 3        

*Benediction:   Children of God, receive this blessing: may the renewing grace of the Triune God surround you; may the steadfast love of the Triune God uphold you, and may the goodness of the Triune God entice you to set your mind on Christ that you may live as God’s image-bearers and gospel-bringers wherever you go. Amen.

(* We invite you to stand and participate when able)

*Postlude

Prayer List August 3, 2025

  Surgeries/Hospital/Sick

Rick and Deree Stobaugh

David and Joan Brantley

JC Hyatt

Buck and Peggy Jones

James and Elaine Ward

Jessie Sargent

Harvey Reynolds

Curtis Clamp

Dr. Linda Lake

Barbara Hendrix

Cay Houck

Sandy Busby

Mary Ann Nielson

Nursing Homes/Assisted Living/ Hospice/Rehab

Paul Mullins, Debbie Summers's uncle

Jessie Sargent

Lucy Eden

Helen Tarbox

Coretta Safriet

Family/Friends/Community

Ashley Steele

Lauren Goodenough, friend of Laura Hooper

Vernon Cunningham, Sandy Cobia’s brother

Margie Horton, friend of Melody and Terry Clamp

Kay Pearson, friend of Jamie Guffey

Jake Williams, friend of Laura Hooper

Linda Kelly, friend of Kay Rishkofski

Kim Lott, friend of Jamie Guffey

Larry Jackson, Rebecca Nobbs’ brother

Marsha Mathious, friend of Bernadette Weston

Addie Wilkerson-Pinner, friend of Laura Hooper

Bryce Schmoyer, friend of Vickie Hanks’

Raven Player, niece of Betty and Don Elliott

Emilie Caraway’s niece

Tally Nesmith, friend of Betty Rogers

Dally Hodgens, great niece of Debbie and Bud Summers

Trey Schmoyer, friend of Vickie Hanks

Audrey Barclay, Susan Basnett’s mother

Marilyn Persinger, Noble’s sister

Glenn Miller, Bernadette Weston’s son-in-law

Chris Boyer, Donna Boyer’s son and Dr. Linda Lake’s nephew

Donna Boyer

Sylvia Prill

Mary Anne Cooper, Cay Houck’s sister

Teresa Norris, friend of Butch Gause

Nancy Smith, friend of Marie Thompson

Samantha Clark, Wanda Young’s daughter

Missy Barrs, friend of Wanda Young

Corrie Wofford, C.J. Baker’s step daughter-in-law

George Gentry, Pastor Debbie’s brother-in-law

Praise

Susan Revels, Delane Reynolds’ and

Sylvia Allison’s niece

Stephen Herring, Dana’s husband and Laura Hooper’s son-in-law

Military

Parker Albrecht, Navy

Zach Timmons, Marine Reserve

Donovan O’Dea, Army

Micah Floyd, Army

Spencer Miller, Air Force

Bailey Rob, Army

To keep in contact with everyone on our prayer list we're going to clean the names that have been here for several weeks. If your name, or a loved one's name, has been listed here for three weeks, make sure to give Melody at (803)794-3415 a call so we'll keep them listed.